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Goldman Sachs Bailout

Goldman Sachs Nearly Bankrupted AIG

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

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Janet Tavakoli

Goldman Sachs wasn't the only contributor to the systemic risk that nearly toppled the global financial markets, but it was the key contributor to the systemic risk posed by AIG.

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Goldman Sachs Doing "God's Work"?

Charles Gasparino | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

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Charles Gasparino

The only thing worse than Goldman Sachs amassing billions in bonus money for its executives, based on various government subsidies and bailout measures, is listening to it try to explain it all away.

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Goldman Sachs Skirts Slashes in Compensation

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Allison Kilkenny

The Times shows its agenda when it refers to the not-yet-existing AIG bonuses slashes as "the humbling downfall of the once-proud giants" while all those pesky citizens won't stop with the "populist animosity."

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Bailed-Out Bankers Stand To Make Millions In Options

Reuters | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - As shares of bailed-out banks bottomed out earlier this year, stock options were awarded to their top executives, setting them up...

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The GS-Files 4: Always a Winner

Nathan Lewis | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

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Nathan Lewis

Goldman has been making its money somewhat like a hedge fund: by buying and selling securities in the secondary market for profit. Why this activity should be government subsidized, I don't know.

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Goldman Sachs Redeems TARP Warrants, Taxpayers Make 23% Return

Bloomberg | Christine Harper | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK, Jul 22, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) announced today that it has redeemed the warrants the U.S. governme...

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Goldman Sachs Execs On Track For Record Pay

AP | Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Goldman Sachs is emerging as the king of post-meltdown Wall Street. Already the most powerful U.S. financial company before the cr...

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Goldman Execs Sold $700M Of Stock, Most Of It During Their Bailout

Financial Times | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

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Executives at Goldman Sachs sold almost $700m worth of stock following the collapse of Lehman Brothers last September, according to filings with the S...

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Goldman Bond Sale Questioned

Financial Times | Saskia Scholtes and Francesco Guerrera | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

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Goldman Sachs, one of the 19 banks given preliminary results of the US government's stress tests on Friday, on Wednesday sold $2bn of bonds without a ...

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Goldman Sachs Could Return Government Aid Within A Month

New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

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Any good news these days -- not that there is much -- seems to come with an asterisk. The market is popping, but, as some bears ask, is it just a setu...

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Banks Getting Bailout Billions Still Paying Out Bonuses

abcnews.go.com | Posted 01.17.2009 | Business

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Banks that were rescued with billions of dollars in public funds have, in most cases, refused to provide specifics about how they have used or intend ...

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